Adjustable swivel swing book-holder bracket.



Patented Mar. 12, mol.

no. 669,935.l

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(Application led Hay 21? 1900.)

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WILLIAM JAMES WALSH, OF HAMILTON, CANADA.

ADJUSTABLE SWIVEL SWING BOOK-HOLDER BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,935, dated March12, 1901.

Application filed May 2l, 1900.

To rr/ZZ 'u1/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JAMES WALSH,L a citizen of Canada, residingat Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth, in thethe Province of Ontario,Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable SwivelSwing Book-Holder Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a projecting wallbracket arranged and devisedto receive and hold the secured back or bound part of a book, saidbracket, with the book, being capable of adjustment to various positionsfor reading and to a closed position when not in use.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a book-holder whichshall be of suitable incline for reading; second, to provide abook-holder which shall be capable of swivel and swing adjustment, and,third, to afford facilities for the placing of the same to a parallelposition with the wall or other place to which the bracket may befastened. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation` of thebookbracket with the outline of a book, the back or bound part of thebook secured therein. Fig. 2 is a plan of the book-bracket. Fig. is adetail plan of the bracket-bearing, and Fig. Il is a detail frontelevation of the swivel part of the bracket.

Simi lar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings the bearing part of the bracket is indicated by a andhas a suitable flange 1J for fastening the same to a wall or otherconvenient and suitable place.

c represents the book-supporting arms of the bracket of suitable inclinefor reading and has inner base-flanges d for the back of the book e torest on. The wall ends of the arms c are brought together' and intersectto form a round shank f with circular buttonheaded end h, which isadapted to fit easily into the socket 1l of the arm-bearing j to retainsaid arms in position. This bearingj has a front opening k for theshankf of the arms c. The said socket z' and the front openhead.

Serial No. 17,330. (No model.)

ment or movement to the book-supporting arms, as seen in broken lines inFig. Zof the drawings, the arm-bearingj has a lower round shank m, whichts into the round socket n of the bracket a.. This socket allows freedomto the arms c to swing the same to a suitable degree for the properreading of the book.

The book e is shown slightlyin perspective and is secured to theinclined arms c by means of suitable bolts o or laces through said armsor by other approved method. It will be observed that ou account of thecircular construction of the head h the arms, with the book, may beslightly revolved or inclined to either side to suit the reader andremain in position and also may be turned completely over and allow theleaves of the book to hang downward, this latter keeping the bookdustproof and clean. It will also be noticed that the arms, with thebook, may be swung to a parallel position with the wall or wherever thebracket may be attached to.

This book-holding device is adapted for catalogues, telephone indexbooks, musicbooks, and other books.

It will be noticed that the anges d of the `arms c terminate a distancefrom the shankf to facilitate the widening apart or the contracting ofthe arms to suit varying thickness of books and also that the arms, withthe book, may be easily removed from the socket 't' for reading or otherpurposes. This bookholding device is conducive to the preservation ofthe corners of the leaves of the book.

Various changes in the form, construction, and minor details of thisinvention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scopethereof. Hence What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is-

1. In a book-holder, arms, inner flanges as a base to said arms. tosupport the back of a book, a round shank formed at the inner andintersecting end of said arms, a round head at the end of said shank, abracket, a bearing having swivel connection with said bracket, andprovided with a socket andsaid round head capable of revolving in thesocket in said bracket, as described.

2. In a book-holder of the character described, arms to receive the backof a book, base-flanges between said arms to support the IOO book, meansto secure the book between said arms, a round shank formed at theinnerand.

intersecting` end of said arms, a round head at the end of said shank, abracket', a bearing capable of swivel movement in said bracket, andhaving a socket to admit; and hold said shank and head and to allow saidarms 13o revolve, as described.

3. A book-holder, comprising arms, baselanges on l@he inner side of thearms to support a book, between the arms and on the

